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Rather than kick its dependency habits, Pakistan has sought and found new patrons. But, warned by earlier experiences, itâ€™s surely time for us to reflect on the very nature of the patron-client relationship and its enduring costs.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 19 appeared poised to expand religious rights and potentially narrow the separation of church and state after liberal and conservative justices alike signaled support for a church that was denied Missouri taxpayer funds for a playground project.

Vidya Bharati, the education wing of the RSS, which already runs 20,000 schools across India, would be running this military school as well. The project of running a military school under RSS is worrisome also because of earlier experiences which were concretised with the intervention and involvement of Hindutva activists.

The Express and Post accounts do corroborate one another, and lend credence to the inference that the US and British governments had advanced warning of the Saudi operation against Khashoggi. Despite their reservations, it seems, they did nothing. The question, then, is why did they do nothing? With Khashoggiâ€™s murder, many secrets that both the Kingdom and its western allies wanted buried, will stay that way.